Irish name Marcas O Loingsigh Height 1.88 m Sport Gaelic Football Derry titles 0 All irelands 0 | Position Centre Forward Name Mark Lynch All stars 0 Years Club Role Gaelic footballer Sigerson titles 1 | |
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Born February 20, 1986 (age 38) Banagher, Northern Ireland ( 1986-02-20 ) | ||
Mark Lynch (Irish: Marcas Ó Loingsigh; born 20 February 1986) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won a National League title. He plays his club football and hurling for St. Mary's Banagher.
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- Inter county
- Club
- Schoolcollege
- International Rules
- Country
- Senior
- Under 21
- Minor
- School college
- Individual
- References
Inter-county
Lynch was called up to the Derry Minor team in 2002 and made his debut against Antrim while only 16. Derry Minors won that year's Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship. He was a member of the Derry Under-21 team that finished runners-up in both the 2004 and 2006 Ulster Under-21 Football Championships.
Lynch has been playing for the Senior team since 2004. He was instrumental in the 2008 National League, which Derry won, defeating Kerry in the final. Lynch underwent a shoulder operation in November 2008 and isn't expected to return to action until March 2009.
Club
Lynch had a very successful underage football career with Banagher.
School/college
Lynch was part of St. Pat's Maghera's 2003 MacRory Cup and Hogan Cup winning team. He won one/two? Ulster Colleges Football All-Star with the school. In 2007 he was part of the Jordanstown side that finished runners-up to Queens University Belfast in the Sigerson Cup final. Jordanstown went one step further in 2008 and won the competition, with Lynch scoring 0-06 in the final against the Garda College. He was vice-captain and stood in as captain in the early stages of the competition when regular captain Peter Donnelly was injured with a broken arm.
International Rules
Lynch was captain of the Ireland international rules football team that won the Under 17 International Rules Series against Australia in 2003.
Inter-county
Lynch represented Derry at hurling at underage level. He was part of the Derry Minor team that lost out to Antrim in the 2003 Ulster Minor Hurling Championship final.
School/college
Lynch won the Mageenan Cup with St. Pat's Maghera. He was also awarded one/two? Ulster Colleges Hurling All-Star.
Country
Senior
Under 21
Minor
Club
School / college
Individual
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.